The Healthy Child Programme - 0-19 years

Concepts

• kendal
• community health
• child health outcomes
• child development
• public health programme
• the healthy child programme framework
• years
• child
• covid-19
• healthy

Location

Cumbria:

Description

The 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP) is the early intervention and prevention public health programme that lies at the heart of universal service for children, young people, and families at a crucial stage of life, including pre-conception. The 0-19 HCP’s universal reach provides an invaluable opportunity to identify families that need additional support and children who are at risk of poor outcomes. The 0-19 HCP sets out the good practice framework for prevention and early intervention services for children, young people and their families and recommends how health, education and other partners working together across a range of settings can significantly enhance a child’s or young person’s life chances. The Service will provide clinical leadership, co-ordination, and delivery of the 0-19 HCP across the Westmorland and Furness Council footprint. The Service sets out the good practice framework for prevention and early intervention services for children, young people and their families and recommends how health, education and other partners working together across a range of settings can significantly enhance a child’s or young person’s life chances. The current guidance for local government, the NHS, integrated care boards and other partners inform local implementation of the healthy child programme framework. These include evidence led approaches to: • preconception care • promoting child development • improving child health outcomes • ensuring that families at risk are identified at the earliest opportunity Safeguarding responsibilities apply through all elements from identification of risk and need to early help and targeted work, and formal child protection. The COVID-19 pandemic raises specific considerations for childhood vulnerability and the impact on their education, time with family and to their emotional health and wellbeing. The Provider will act in accordance with the No child left behind - a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children. The service will utilise the DHSC Campaign Resource Centre in working with babies, children, young people and families. Campaign Resource Centre (dhsc.gov.uk) Contract term: Start date: 01/04/2025 End date 31/03/2030 2 x 1 12 month extensions available.

Total Quantity or Scope

Westmorland and Furness Council are conducting a procurement exercise for their 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP). Services delivered will provide the early intervention and prevention public health programme that lies at the heart of universal service for children, young people, and families at a crucial stage of life, including pre-conception. The 0-19 HCP’s universal reach provides an invaluable opportunity to identify families that need additional support and children who are at risk of poor outcomes. The Council is conducting the procurement using the Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) for the purpose of procuring the services described above and which are fully detailed in the service specification (Services). The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The information that providers submit as part of the Quality Response is the information that will be used to assess the quality aspects of the tender. The Quality Assessment of the bid contributes up to 320 of the maximum bid score of 400. A word limit and a score is stated for each question. The ITT contains further information about the procurement process, the Services, and award criteria for Suppliers to submit their response (Tender). Please refer to the ITT - at page 4, paragraph 1.8, titled Checklist for Suppliers - for information about the documents that need to be completed and submitted for this tender. All documentation must be obtained and submitted through the council's tender portal The Chest www.the-chest.org.uk

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85323000 - Community health services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this procurement or award. All procurement documentation and instructions to tender will be obtained and submitted for free by registering your interest on the council's electronic tender portal The Chest www.the-chest.org.uk